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(1888-1960) Screenwriter. Sonya Levien was born in Russia and died in Hollywood, California.

Full Name

Sonya Levien

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

OTHER

Sonya Levien studied law at New York University.

1888

BIRTH

Sonya Levien was born in Moscow, Russia, on December 25, 1888.

1925

LITWORK

Salome of the Tenements


Screenplay by Sonya Levien adapted from the Anzia Yezierska novel.

1932

LITWORK

After Tomorrow


Screenplay written bySonya Levien based on a story by Hugh Stange.

1933

LITWORK

State Fair


Screenplay written by Sonya Levien and Paul Green, based on a novel by Philip Stong.

1933

LITWORK

Cavalcade


Screenplay by Reginald Berkeley and Sonya Levien, based on the play "Cavalcade" by
No��l Coward.

1938

LITWORK

The Cowboy And The Lady


Screenplay by S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien, based on a story by Leo McCarey and Frank R. Adams.

1939

LITWORK

Drums Along The Mohawk


Screenplay written by Sonya Levien and Lamar Trotti, based on the 1939 novel by Walter D. Edmonds.

1939

LITWORK

The Hunchback of Notre Dame


Screenplay by Sonya Levien and Bruno Frank, based on the novel "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
by Victor Hugo.

1951

LITWORK

Quo Vadis


Screenplay by S. N. Behrman, Sonya Levien, and John Lee Mahin, based on "Quo Vadis" by Henryk Sienkiewicz.

1955

LITWORK

Interrupted Melody


Screenplay written by Sonya Levien and William Ludwig, based on the 1949 autobiography of Marjorie Lawrence.

1955

LITWORK

Oklahoma!


Screenplay written by Sonya Levien and William Ludwig based on "Oklahoma!" by Lynn Riggs and Oscar Hammerstein II.

1960

DEATH

Sonya Levien died in Hollywood, California, on March 19, 1960.

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